Guide to COP27 conference

World leaders meet to discuss action on climate change at the UN summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt


Mediterranean Sea
EGYPT
Cairo
ISRAEL
SINAI PENINSULA
JORDAN
SAUDI ARABIA
100km 60 miles


Green Zone: Peace Park Botanical Garden – area run by Egyptian government and open to public

Blue Zone: Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre – UN-managed space where official negotiations take place

200m 650ft


ATTENDEES

More than 35,000 delegates, including U.S. President Joe Biden and over 100 other heads of state

John Kerry: U.S. climate envoy insists U.S. is open to compensate vulnerable countries for “loss and damage”, but U.S. and EU have historically blocked proposals over issue

Sherry Rehman
Pakistan’s climate minister will press rich countries to compensate poor nations for costs of disasters

Jennifer Morgan
Germany’s climate envoy, and former head of Greenpeace, will urge transition to clean energy

Xie Zhenhua
China’s climate envoy. China halted climate talks with U.S. after Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

Vanessa Nakate
Ugandan activist will exhort financial help for Africa, which faces some of worst impacts
of global warming


Global temperatures have risen 1.1°C. Likelihood of catastrophic climate events increases significantly beyond 1.5°C threshold

Constraining warming to 1.5°C will require all nations to cut emissions faster and deeper than they
are already doing


Sources: UNFCCC, Reuters, Washington Post
Pictures: Getty Images, Newscom 
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